Peterson Says State Employee Measure Dead

Legislation that would fund a significant state employee pay raise while also boosting retirement benefits and saving taxpayer money may have been effectively killed this year, Rep. Ron Peterson said today.

"We had an opportunity for a real win-win solution to along-term funding problem facing state government, but the lack of visible support from the state agencies and state employees, and election-year pressures, have derailed the employee pay raise bill," said Peterson, a Broken Arrow Republican who chairs the House Economic Development & Financial Services Committee.

House Bill 3108, by Peterson, would have changed the way the state pays for employee health benefits.

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